Polish leaders have decided to wait until after Sunday's state funeral for President Lech Kaczynski to decide when to hold an early election to replace him.
Polish leaders have decided to wait until after Sunday's state funeral for President Lech Kaczynski to decide when to hold an early election to replace him. But officials said June 20 now appears all but certain to be the date.
Komorowski said party leaders in parliament held consultations Wednesday and decided to wait with an announcement, given that two presidential candidates were killed, Kaczynski and Jerzy Szmajdzinski, a long-serving lawmaker and respected former defense minister who was to have represented the Democratic Left Alliance.
The most likely date for balloting appears to be June 20 because of a timeline dictated by the constitution.
"If the date is not announced by Monday, then the elections will be held on June 20, according to the regulations," said Lech Czapla, who oversees parliament's administrative issues.
A second round would be held two weeks later if no candidate musters at least 50 percent of the vote in the first round.
Though the country remains in deep mourning, Komorowski's remarks show that officials were returning to day-to-day business of running the country. There was even a willingness to grapple with contentious issues.
There is a growing debate about whether Kaczynski and his wife should be interred at the 1,000-year-old Wawel Cathedral - the main burial site of Polish monarchs since the 14th century and more recent heroes, including the 20th-century Polish statesman and military leader Jozef Pilsudski
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/14/poland-mourns-leaders-ponder-new-election/
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